If it's total freedom, I guess the ultimate thing you can go into is total silence between the audience and performer, with the performer projecting something he doesn't even have to play.

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We can only take it so far, because man can only take it so far,...

We can only take it so far, because man can only take it so far,...

We started combining the use of light and the use of theatrics and the use...

We started combining the use of light and the use of theatrics and the use...

They pick all of us out, and then they decide, they computerize, decide if they...

They pick all of us out, and then they decide, they computerize, decide if they...

We like reactions - a reaction is walking out on us, a reaction is throwing...

We like reactions - a reaction is walking out on us, a reaction is throwing...

If you confine it, you're confining a whole thing. If you make it spontaneous, so...

If you confine it, you're confining a whole thing. If you make it spontaneous, so...

He (Marilyn Manson) has a woman's name and wears makeup. How original.

He (Marilyn Manson) has a woman's name and wears makeup. How original.

They're reacting and that's wonderful. It's better than them sitting there doing nothing. I say...

They're reacting and that's wonderful. It's better than them sitting there doing nothing. I say...

I appreciate an audience that reacts to the music, even if they jump on stage...

I appreciate an audience that reacts to the music, even if they jump on stage...

If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who...

If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who...

So what this is is us, our personalities refined down on to a stage performance....

So what this is is us, our personalities refined down on to a stage performance....

Yet I was Marilyn Manson - times 10.

Yet I was Marilyn Manson - times 10.

That was very close to getting killed. Usually at pop festivals we have people jumping...

That was very close to getting killed. Usually at pop festivals we have people jumping...

Welcome to my nightmare. I think you're going to like it. There'll be some more...

Welcome to my nightmare. I think you're going to like it. There'll be some more...

We got on his label, and the Bizarre organization is just going up and up....

We got on his label, and the Bizarre organization is just going up and up....

People that haven't seen us yet are shocked because they think that Alice Cooper must...

People that haven't seen us yet are shocked because they think that Alice Cooper must...

You just let your lower self go, and then it takes on all these aspects...

You just let your lower self go, and then it takes on all these aspects...

Well, we were all in high school and we got together, and in college -...

Well, we were all in high school and we got together, and in college -...

I think he was trying to produce more of a... sort of a cheaper image.

I think he was trying to produce more of a... sort of a cheaper image.

The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades.

The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades.

We just set it up and recorded it the way we played it. But that...

We just set it up and recorded it the way we played it. But that...